InDesign

If you have indd files you are inserting those files into a new indd file and exporting that as a pdf - it fails. (meaning, several placed indd file, lose their images and text - but not all) the pdf is rendered useless. There have been enough of us trying to struggle with this.  WHEN WILL IT BE RESOLVED?Thank you. 

First off, Happy New Year to everyone around the world, or maybe across the world.Here's my question:I have an InDesign book, made of 30 separate documents (chapters).It has 31 images in it. For print I have had to make the images inB&W because the print cost for color leaves no profit margin for sales.I can however export it as an EPUB (electronic) with color becausethe cost for this is very low and there is a decent profit margin.My question is this: can I "copy and save" the B&W version, createa new folder for this document, then change the images to colorimages, save that and export it as an EPUB?Or will this somehow "confuse" InDesign as to which version it wasfamiliar with, location, name, etc. and then freeze or stall, withoutmy being able to close it out or cancel an action as it as done inthe past?Or should I change the images to color in the B&W version, then "save as"the new color version, but not save the edited B&W so that it will revertto the B&W pre-e

Bonjour,Depuis la mise à jour d’InDesign vers la version 21.1, mes exports PDF se bloquent à 90 %, quels que soient les fichiers ouverts dans InDesign. J’ai pu constater qu’en revenant à la version 21.0.2, je pouvais continuer à travailler normalement. Cependant, je n’ai rien vu sur le forum qui fasse mention de ce problème.Qu’en pensez-vous ?Merci par avance et bonne journée.Hello,Since updating InDesign to version 21.1, my PDF exports get stuck at 90%, regardless of which files are open in InDesign. I’ve noticed that reverting to version 21.0.2 allows me to continue working normally. However, I haven’t seen any mention of this issue on the forum.What do you think?Thank you in advance, and have a nice day.

I have an InDesign file that was out for review for several months. The review link had hundreds of comments on it and yesterday, the link mistakenly got deleted. Is there any way at all to restore that link and get those comments back?

OS Tahoe 26.2 / Indesign 2026(21.1) / MacbookPro M2 When opening an Indesign 2025 file (converting) with missing fonts, I will go to font manager (Connect Fonts 26.0.5 or Adobe Fonts, same behavior) and activate the missing fonts. Upon returning to Indesign, the program will crash. Upon relaunching (with fonts already active) it converts & saves fine. Tried usual remedies, no luck. Any thoughts?

Ever since the most recent update, text frames regularly look blank as I work within them. They have text, character styles, paragraph styles, and occasionally objects, but as I apply a new character style to one line, the contents of the frame will disappear. This is very disruptive. The only way I have figured out how to get the entire frame to momentarily reappear so that I can see my work is to click on the frame and adjust its position. Typing within the frame may reveal the line or lines near where I am typing, but not the entire frame. This problem did not exist before this current iteration of InDesign (v.21).  I work with a team and we have all tried various ways of avoiding this issue, but have not figured out how. It doesn't seem to change based on our display performance, screen mode, transformation values showing or not, whether we've reset our cache, or if our GPU performance is checked or not.Are other users having this issue? Is there a resolution?It

In indesign when i am placing my word file, graph is not placed. why? and how can i solve this   <Title renamed by MOD>

Hi.I’m having trouble with "BOOK" where the documents show each individual document’s page numbers, starting from 1 to whatever… This is a Book with linked documents I’ve worked with before (I’m just updating last year’s files now), but when I open it in the latest version of InDesign this change appears. Everything should be set to Automatic Page Numbering in each document. Does anyone have any tips?

Hi, When I print my InDesign file it changes the font and makes it completely illegible, merging words and letters. I have uninstalled and reinstalled, I have tried going back to an earlier version of Indesign with the same issue still happening. I have checked that the font file is validated (which it is). This is happening across mutiple files so it's not that a specific file is corrupt. I have reset my preferences with no effect. I had been printing a file absolutely fine and then the same day (no app closure inbetween) it started doing this and now it is doing it for every file. Any suggestions?

Após a nova atualização do InDesign, venho enfrentando problemas com as fontes e estilos de caracteres. Ao fazer qualquer pequena alteração no arquivo, as caixas de texto perdem a configuração do estilo definido na criação do arquivo, como podem verificar na imagem 1 anexa. Quando copiei um novo texto para o arquivo, todas as caixas perderam o estilo e ficaram em negrito.  Salvei o arquivo, fechei e abri novamente e o problema corrigiu. A boa notícia é que isso não é preservado no arquivo, mas prejudica o fluxo de trabalho, já que se perde toda visualização original do arquivo.Jupaganelli_0-1766667813916.pngJupaganelli_1-1766667831237.pngO que poderia ser? Será apenas falha da nova versão?

Is there a planned roadmap for improvement or similar features release calendar for InDesign?  Given Affinity revamp is out, among others, is there a reason to keep a subscription for the next year if there is no plan to improve?  

Hi, I have a suggestion to make to the devs,I think the Distribute Horizontal/ Vertical centers button is very misleading, why do I say this? Because even thought I can understand the "center"of the squares being vertical and horizontal, The lines that stick out of the square are wrong. Distribute Horizontal Centers has Vertical lines sticking out, and Distribute Vertical Centers has horizontal lines sticking out. At first I thought I was crazy, but it is actually misleading when you're in a hurry and all you see is the lines. I think the squares kind of make sense but the lines showing the constraints don't. Horizontal is side-by-side, and thats absolutly correct, and vertical is one on top of the other, but the lines are super misleading, making me confused for no reason at all. I think this  should be changed because the lines that are sticking out are not the correct orientation. Idk maybe im stupid but it seems like it makes more sense like that...Distribute top edges an

I've installed the program several times, but I keep encountering the same error. I haven't encountered this problem with InDesign on my other computer. What causes this and how can I fix it?Ekran Resmi 2026-01-09 09.22.14.pngEkran Resmi 2026-01-09 09.22.33.png

Hi, i recently upgraded to the 2026 suite and now when i update indd. templates to my Adobe library, the thumbnails no longer preview? I really nope there is a trick to fix this error as we have 100's of shared templates we share accross the organisation. we couldn't possibly open these thumbnails for a visual as it would be very unresourceful . Can anyone help? AshGormley_0-1766006486301.png 

Hi everyone,I’m working on InDesign documents that are part of a broader SaaS/CRM workflow at Gohighlevele CRM , where we prepare long-form assets like onboarding guides, user manuals, and marketing PDFs (150–250+ pages). These files include a mix of styled text, linked images, tables, and repeated components via master pages.Over time, the document starts to slow down — page navigation becomes laggy, link updates take longer, and PDF exports sometimes take significantly more time than expected. The assets are optimized and linked (not embedded), but performance still degrades as the file grows.I’m curious how others handle large, production-level InDesign files in professional environments:Is it better to split documents and merge at export stage?Are there specific features (tables, nested styles, anchored objects) that tend to impact performance at scale?Any export or document-structure best practices that help keep files responsive?Looking for practical, real-world advice from

Every time I open InDesign, I find the context bar in the center of the screen. Even when I use the 'unpin' command, I move the context bar where I want it, and "pin" it. However, the bar keeps returning to the center, and the 'pin context bar' command doesn't seem to work.Screenshot attached.

When i place an image into a document, the image appears like these two below. I have never had an issue previously placing images into documents.  Screenshot 2026-01-08 171852.png  Screenshot 2026-01-08 172138.png

I'm on InDesign 21.1 on Windows 11. When I click on a text frame, I see the alignment tools were removed from the  Control bar. Anyone know why this was done? Is there a way to reinstate it? 

Adobe just introduced, albeit in beta, PDF to InDesign in 2026. I just tried opening a PDF and it failed with no real reason. The joke here is that I was able top open and fully edit the PDF in Affinity by Canva. What gives?Adobe can;t even open their own format!

Please help me, I'm having the same problem, it's the latest version of Indisign, I've moved devices, and it's still the same, this is very urgent and important.   <Title renamed by MOD>

Hi everyone, We're excited to announce a new Adobe Community experience is coming this January. A little bit about the update:The new experience will be simpler to navigate, make it easier to connect with other creatives and Adobe experts, and will give you clearer ways to share feature ideas, enhancement requests, and bug reports—with greater visibility into their status with our product teams. In the meantime: Adobe Community will remain active. Keep using it as usual—there will be no interruption in access. In fact, you’ll notice even more Adobe Experts on deck to provide faster responses before, during, and after the update. No existing content will be lost in the update. Every single post, reply, solution, feature request, and bug report you’ve made will be transferred to the new experience. You won't need to recreate anything. Existing content will reappear in two phases. When we launch the new community, all posts created on or before November 16 will be there from day one. Aft

Buongiorno, terminato un libro fotografico in InDesign (l''11° ... lo preciso solo per dire che sono procedure che ho già fatto tante volte) al momento di creare il pdf qualità tipografica - sia utilizzando i predefiniti sia facendo esporta - fopo 10 - 15 minuti si blocca, compare una videata di errore di cui ho fatto copia e incolla ma è lunghissima e sono tutti codici di cui poco capisco e si chiude tutto, indesign compreso. Allego il documento con il papiello di report. Qualcuno può aiutarmi? Perché oggi dovrei far vedere il libro al cliente e domani mandarlo in stampa e sono abbastanza disperata. Il file non è danneggiato, non segnala errori. Grazie. Federicapaola 

Hello, I'm going to do a series of labeling jobs in InDesign using Data Margin. I'm having one problem. I can't create a QR code from the numbers in a column of an Excel list. Name, surname, and address are fine. But I need to create a QR code from the numbers for each one. This Excel list already has a column. I open InDesign, run Data Margin, and import the CVS file I created. The headings appear, everything is fine, but I can't create the QR code. How can I create a QR code from the numbers in a column of a CVS file without relying on the internet or websites that create QR codes? Urgent help please... A short video would be enough. A short video showing how to create a QR code from just numbers would be sufficient.

I'm working on a long text document in InDesign 2026. I made changes to the 300 pages yesterday, saving frequently, exported it to a PDF and printed it out. I saved in both in Indesign 2026, and as IDML. Today, I find, after making additional changes (and saving frequently), that I'm working in a document that doesn't have yesterday's corrections.  I looked into History, but there are no previous versions. Revert is grayed out.  I'd love to find yesterday's final. If not, would loading the pdf into the indesign file work? And would it automatically flow into the design attributes that are in the program (as it was set up by someone else!). THANK YOU!!  

I've been stuck on this window whenever I try to "Save" or "Save As" my file..I have the most up to date version of InDesign, not sure what else to do? Screenshot 2026-01-07 145510.png